Merostachys medullosa Send.
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Filed As
Poaceae
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Collector(s)
T. R. Soderstrom 2212 with George F. Russell & José Hage, 15 May 1976
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Location
Brazil. Bahia. Porto Seguro Mun. Forested slopres of morro on Fazenda Carvalho, ca. 26 km west of town of Monte Pascoal, at end of road that intersects with BR 101 in Monte Pascoal. Robust bamboo on upper slopes between 380 m and the summit at 460 m elev.
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Description
Clumps of ca. 50 culms, the culms solid, not erect but arching over immediately Callas, Fernandi, Panerai, Modesti. Phenology of specimen: Fertile.
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Identifiers
NY Barcode: 01048907
Occurrence ID: db4599ee-8cec-4f42-aaad-e9ac99ce0174
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Kingdom
Plantae
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Division
Magnoliophyta
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Order
Poales
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Family
Poaceae
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All Determinations
Merostachys medullosa Send. det R. Vinícius-Silva, Jan 2018
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Type Details
isotype of Merostachys medullosa Send., verif. R. Vinícius-Silva
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Region
South America
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Country
Brazil
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State/Province
Bahia
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County/Municipio
Porto Seguro Mun.
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Locality
Forested slopres of morro on Fazenda Carvalho, ca. 26 km west of town of Monte Pascoal, at end of road that intersects with BR 101 in Monte Pascoal. Robust bamboo on upper slopes between 380 m and the summit at 460 m elev.
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Coordinates
-16.4497, -39.0644
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Coordinate Uncertainty (m)
68835
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Georeferencing Method
Other source. The coordinates represent the seat of the municipio.
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Geodetic Datum
SAD69
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Distribution
Merostachys BAHIA, BRAZIL Municipio Porto Seguro: Forested sloped of morro on Fazen- da Carvalho, ca. 26 km vest of town of Monte Pascoal, at end of road that intersects with BR 101 in Monte Pascoal. Robust bamboo on upper slopes of mountain from 380m to summit at WOm elev. Clumps of ca. 50 culms, the culms solid, not erect but arching over immediately, 10-15m long, 2cm. diam., with thick walls and filled with pith, scaberulous and striated-mottled dark and light green. Culm leaves : sheath becomes brown and shed when branches develop; blade small, reflexed, caducous. When new culm freshly cut the pith is white but within several minutes begins to turn red and then brown. All clumps sterile ex- cept one in which culms are dead and bearing branches with old inflorescences from which most sp'ikelets have fallen. in association with At r act ant ha (2211) & Merostachys Thomas R. Söderström, George F. Russell, & José Hage 15 May 1976 2212 Collected under Ibe auspices of the Smithsonian Institution. National Geographic Society, and Centro de Pescjnisas do Cacati (CEPLAC) SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION From THE UNITED STATES NATIONAL HERBARIUM 01048907
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Merostachys medullosa Send.